Chalchiuh (MH828r)

Chalchiuh (MH828r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chalchiuh (“Jade”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a circle with a quincunx design in the middle consisting of five tiny circles (one in the center and the rest spread around the cirlce0 and four evenly spaced pairs of hatch marks that separate the circles.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The small circles of the glyphs for the personal name Chalchiuh often appear evenly spaced on the outside of the large circle, perhaps suggesting a shimmer.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

miguel chalchiuh

Gloss Normalization:

Miguel Chalchiuh

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Turquoise or Jade

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

circle, circular or rounded

frontal view

quincunx or quatrefoil

shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement

Keywords:

jades, piedras verdes, brilla, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chalchihu(itl), jade or precious green stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchihuitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Jade

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 828r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=730&st=image.

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Historical Contextualizing Image: